T Stands for the short route.

 Hi everyone, I am taking you back to Paris today.

We had to get a COVID test to return home, so on the Wednesday before our journey we opted to stay closer to the hotel, after all, the previous day We had walked over 25,000 steps.

Having spotted one place doing tests, we looked in and decided against having it done there, so walked up to the Mall in Place d'Italie for a drink and rethink!

This mosaic showing different areas of Paris is near the end of one of the avenues.

We decided to have a little look around the area and get some lunch

I love Chicken Caesar salads so that was my choice, hubby had a salade Niçoise. It was the best Caesar I had in Paris but sadly was spoilt by the fact that none of the staff were wearing masks - something we didn't notice until after we had ordered and it wasn't until we left that we realised that it was the only place that didn't ask for our COVID passes! Fortunately all of the windows were folded back and there was a gentle breeze passing through. The tables all had a good space around them too.

It is here that I will join Bleubeard and Elizabeth for T stands for Tuesday - we had a jug of water and Tonic water with lemon - to was a very hot day.

After our lunch we decided to take a walk to find the Cité Florale. We passed a pharmacy and decided to go back there later for our tests.

I had heard of this area but only recently found how close it was to our hotel - about a 30 minute walk(some of which was stopping to look in shop windows.

It comprises of just a few roads but all with such lovely gardens

From here it was a very short walk to one of our favourite parks - Montsouris.

We had never entered by through this gate before

It led us into a part of the park we had never seen

The RER trains can be seen from bridges in the park

We always see joggers in this park

I will be coming back to Montsouris to show you more soon - it is always our last place to visit on our last day in Paris. We had a test to take....

...so back onto the road - had our tests and sat in a little park over the road from the pharmacy while we waited for the results.

Lots of chatter going on from children who were on their way home from school.

I hope you enjoyed this view of Butte Aux Cailles - it is such a lovely area and I will show you more next week.

Thanks for looking, Chris